Machine for making garment-securing devices.



D. MARINSKY.

' MACHINE FOR MAKING GARMENT SECURING DEVICES;

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1915.

1,16;J6j62, Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING GARMENT SECURING DEVICES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24,1915- Patented Jan. I8, 1916.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING GARMENT SECURING'DEVICES.

APPLICATION man JUNE 24.1915.

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MACHIN E FOR MAKING GARMENT-SECURING DEVICES.

Application filed June 24,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVIS MARINSKY, a 1 citizen of the United States, and residing at New York, iii the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain newanduseful Improvements in Machines for Making Garment-Securing Devices, of which the following is a specifica tion, such as Will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to machines or apparatus for making securing or fastening devices for use in connection with ladies garments and particularly body garments such as shirt-waistsor other waists, and more particularly to securing or fastening devices of the class known as. hook and eye strips or tapes, and which involve two separate strips or tapes withoneof which the eyes are connected and with the other of a which the hooks are connected, said strips or tapes being adapted to be sewed into or connected with the garment in the usual manner; a further object being to provide a machine or apparatus of the class specified by which the entire operation of making securing or fastening devices of-the class described may be performed continuously; and with these and other objects in view the invention consists of a machine or apparatus of the class specified, constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the main opera tive parts of my improved machine with the stitching device broken away and with parts of the construction shown in section;

Fig. 2 a partial section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; I*ig. 3 a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 a section on the line 4-4; of Fig. 1 and indicating the stitching device and omitting parts of the construction; Fig. 5 a partial section on the line 55 of Fig. 1; Fig. (i a partial section on the line 66' of Fig. 1; Fig. 'Z a partial section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 1; Fig. 8 a partial section on the line 88 of Fig. 1; Fig. 9 a partial section on the line 9 9 of Fig. 1; Fig. 10

a sectional detail view of a cutter device Specification of Letters Patent.

1915. Serial No. 35,990.

which I employ, and shown in Figs. 1 and 8; Fig. 11 a section on the line ll11 of Fig. 7 and on an enlarged scale; F ig..12 a side and end view of a feed tube which I employ Fig. 13 a front view of a part of a complete securing or fastening strip composed of two parts made according to my invention and the separate parts of which are connected; and, Fig. 14' a similar view showing the parts of the securing or fastening strip disconnected.

In the practice of my invention, I provide a main frame comprising a base table (a provided centrally thereof with transversely arranged apertures a? over which are mounted central parallel upright supports a secured to the table in the form of construction shown by screws a and connected at the top by transverse rods a and on the right hand end of the table are other parallel supports a connected at the top by transversely arranged rods a and secured to the table, in the form of construction shown, by screws a Another support a is secured to the table between the supports a and a and adjacent to the supports a and at the back-of the table are two transversely arranged supports a and a provided respectively with bearings a and a, and the supports a and a are also secured to the table, in the form of construction shown, by screws a, and at the front of the table and centrally thereof is another support a provided with a transverselv arranged bearing a and secured to the table by screws a".

The table a may be supported on legs in the usual manner, or in any preferred way, and at 7) in Fig. 1, I have indicated the main drive shaft of the machine which may be supported in any desired manner, and which is provided with a drive wheel 6 on which is mounted a drive belt 6 which is also mounted on another drive wheel 6 mounted on a shaft 6" which passes through the bearing (L 9, and which is provided inwardly of said bearing with a cam block I) having a cam groove 7), and said shaft is provided at its inner end with an arm 6 having a hub b, one side of which is cutoff transversely as shown at 6 and said arm is provided at its free end with a pin I)" on the end of which is mounted an anti-friction roller 6 as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

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Mounted in the supports a is a transverse shaft 0, the front end of which is provided with a disk provided with a plu rality of projecting teeth 0 having arcshaped recesses 0 in their outer faces and separated by radial recesses 0 ,-and the hub portion 6 of the arm 6 operates in the arcshaped recesses o and the head of the pin b, or the antifriction roller 1) on'said head operates in the recesses 0 The shaft 0 is also provided between the supports a with a gear c -and the roller 0" spaced as shown in' Fig.1, and the parts 0 c and c rotate or turn with said shaft 0 and may be secured thereto in any desired manner, and said shaft 0 is provided at its back, or rear end with a beveled gear 0 The central bottom portions of the supports a are thickened as shown at a, and secured to the bottom of said thickened portions on the inner faces of the supports a are supplemental supports a, and mounted in said supports a, and the thickened portions (1 thereofis, a shaft d, the ends of which are provided with bearings d which have a vertical movement in the supports a and below which are placed cushions at -under which are placed plates d having screws d passed downwardly through the supports a, and the object of this construe tion is to provide the shaft 03 with a cushioned support'that will permit of-its slight vertical movement when in operation, and

said shaft is also provided with a roller d which bears on the bottom of, or operates in connection with. the roller 0, and the shaft 03 is also provided with a gear al which meshes with the gear 0.

Y A longitudinally arranged shaft 6 is mounted in the bearing a and a and provided at the left end thereof with a beveled gear e which meshes with the gear 0 and atits right end with a worm gear 6, and mounted in the back support a, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 8. is a vertical shaft 6* provided atthe top thereof with a worm gear 6 which meshes with the gear e and within the back support a the shaft e1 is provided witha drum or grooved wheel 6 below which is a gear 6 and the parts 6 and e" turn with the shaft 6 as does also the gear 0 The back support a is a framework in form as is also the front support a, and the which are placed plates fprovided with screws f which pass forwardly through the plates a and are provided with nuts f, and by means of this construction the shaft f is cushioned at the front and adapted to yield slightly in its operation and in aforward direction.

The shaft f is also provided with a gear f which meshes with the gear 6 and with a cutter disk 9 which operates in connection with the drum or wheel 6 v The cutter disk 9 is shown in Figs. 1 and 8 and in detail and in section in Fig. 10, and the top portion g? of said cutter disk is of less diameter than the body. portion thereof, and said topportion is provided with projecting beveled outters g which are spaced to correspond with which extends downwardly into. the cross headportion of said yoke.

In the top of the support a is placed a plate through the opposite side portions of which thesidesof the yoke h also pass as shown at i in Fig. 11, and said plate is recessed at the top thereof to receive the cross head portion of saidyoke if, as shown at 2 1n Fig. 7. The plate 2' is also provided wlth central slots or recesses 2' and at the rear edge portion thereof with a slot or recess 5 Placed in and movable longitudinally of the slots or recesses z" in the plate 2' is-a plunger plate j, the front end portion of which is secured to a movable block j supported on two pins j secured in the support a in any desired manner.

Pivoted centrally of the bottom of the block f is an arm 7' to the free end portion of which pivoted one arm 1' of a rocker device which is pivoted to the table a at 3',

Wltl'l' an-upwardly directed anti-friction roller y whlch operates in the cam groove 1) 1n the block b", and the object of this construction 1s to give the plunger plate j its movement. The support a is provided centrally of the rear end portion of the top thereof with a vertical finger k on which is mounted a movable block is provided with .and the other arm j of which is provided an elongated slot or'recess k in which'the finger 70 operates, and pivoted to the sides of the block 70 is a yoke provided with a rod 70 the rear end portion of which is yoke shaped in form, as indicated in dotted lines in F1g. 7 at is, and secured to one side of the rod 70 s an anti-friction roller 70 which operates ln'connection with a disk 70 secured to the shaft 6 and the perimeter of which is provided with a plurality of spaced projections or teeth [a which operate in connection. with the roller is to advance or oscillate the rod k and yoke which, in turn, advances the block k which is returned to its normal. position by a spring 70 one end of which is secured to a pin is forming part of, or secured to the rod 70 and the other end of which is secured to a ring k loosely mounted on the shaft e. The disk is is provided with a hub portion 70 which is grooved at is to receive the yoke-lc of the rod 76 The front edge portion of block 70 is grooved as shown at ls to permit the passage of the main eye or loop portion of what is known as an eye fastening device, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 11. The supplemental loops or eyes of which are adapted to pass through the slot or recess 2' in the plate 2'.

Supported on an extension of the tabled at the rear edge portion thereof is a pin m adapted to receive a roll of tape 1113, one end portion of. which is passed through a guide plate m secured to the table a, and then through a tension device consisting of a plate m secured to one side portion of the rear support a, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 9, to which is secured a guide pin m and a headed pin m, and movable on the headed pin m is a supplemental jaw plate m operated by a spring m mounted on the headed pin on, and the supplemental plate m is guided by the guide pin m after which it passes around the drum or grooved wheel a and between the cutter disk 9 and said drum, after which it passes through a guide plate m" and into and between the support a". and the movable block 70 after which it passes by a folding device consisting of a spring arm 12. secured to the table a.

at W, and the free end portion n of which is adapted to fold the tape directly above the eyes in said tape as hereinafter described, after which the folded tape m is passed between the rollers c" and d, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, and said tape then passes under a. roller 12. through a guide plate n and beneath the presser foot n of an ordinary stitching device or sewing machine n of which the arm head n, the needle bar n", the presser foot bar at and the drive-shaft n are indicated in Fig. 4 together with the needle 92 connected with the needle bar.

A shaft 0 is mounted in line with the shaft (2 and provided with a beveled gear 0 which meshes with the gear 0 and'the shaft 0 is also provided with another beveled gear 0 and the gear 0 operates in connection with another beveled gear 0 mounted on a suitably supported shaft 0 and the shaft 0 is provided with a belt wheel 0 and the drive wheel n on the shaft n of the stitching device or sewing machine is geared in connection with the wheel 0 by a belt 0".

The guide plate k is curved on its back edge as shown in Fig. 7 and secured thereto is atguide rod p on which, in the form of construction shown, the eye members of the fastening devices are placed as shown at p in Fig. 7, and also in Fig. 1. A part of the eye members 71 shown in Fig. 7 are shown in section while the rest thereof are shown in full lines, and the object of the plate k is to prevent anylateral movement of the eyes p when placed on the rod 79. p

In the operation of'this machine, as shown, one rotation of the main drive shaft 12 will turn the shaft 0 and its connected parts oneeighth of a revolution and the shafts e, e, f and 0 with their connected parts will be correspondingly rotated, and the rotation of the shaft e will give the block-7v an intermittent forward movement. This operation being effected by the disk 73 and the teeth k which operate in connection with the roller is mounted on the rod 70 and at each intermittent movement of the disk 7.: one of the teeth is will stop in contact with the antifriction roller is, as indicated in Fig. 7, and the object of this operation is to hold the tape m firmly in position during the operation of passing the loop or main eye part of the eye-fastening device through said tape, as indicated in Fig. 11.

In the operation of the machine, as above described, the tape m is provided as it passes around the drum 6 with spaced slots m which are cut therein by the disk 9, or the cutters g thereon, and in this operation the tape m folds slightly into the recesses g which permits of the operation of said cutters.

It will be understood that the operation of all the parts of this machine pertaining to the movement of the tape. or the feeding thereof to the stitcher are synchronous and are controlled by the main power shaft 5 and the arm 6 with the anti-friction roller 1) which operates in the recesses of the disk 0 and these recesses and the teeth on said disk, inthe form of construction shown, are eight in number, and the movement of all of the parts pertaining to or controlling the movement of the tape is an intermittent movement.

In the operation of the machine, the eye fastening devices 79 are dropped into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 11, and at each intermittent movement of the tape one of the slots m therein is brought into line with the plunger j and at the end of each intermittent movement of the tape said plunger is moved backwardly and the eye device is forced through a corresponding slot in the tape. as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 11, and this operation is repeated after each intermittent movement of said tape.

It must also be borne in mind that the -In this operation,

operation of the stitcher is an intermittent movement similar to that of the parts which feed the tape through the machine, and this movement is controlled by the shaft 0, and

the movement of the various parts is such hook fastening devices 3 and in Fig. 14 these parts are shown separate and in the foregoing description, I have described only the method of forming and folding the part 1, and in the operation of the machine including the stitcher,as herein described, a line of stitches is passed longitudinally through the folded part 1' adjacent to the folded edge thereofand through the supplemental eyes p of the eye fastening devices, and this secures the said eye fastening devices in the part or strip 7" and also secures the folded front and back portions of said strip together.

In the construction shown, the part or strips of the complete securing device is made of two portions, a front part 8 and a back part 8 and in forming this part of the complete securing or fastening device, I substitute for the rod 7) and plate if a tubular guide it which is of the form in cross section shown in Fig. 12 and through which the hook fasteners s are passed, and the form of the tubular guide it in cross section is the same as that of the hook fasteners s in plan. the folding device a is detached and the front part 8 of the hook portion of the complete securing device is fed-through the machine far enough to permit of the insertion of the hook fastening devices .9 in which operation the hook members s' of said fastening devices are passed through slots formed in said front strip or part 8 the same as in the operation of passing the part 0* through the machine. The said strip member s is not folded but is passed between the rollers 0 and (Z and under the guide roller n and under the presser foot a of the stitching device of the machine, and in this operation a line of stitches s is formed which passes through the supplemental eyes .9 of the said hook fastening devices and'through the strip a and secure the said fastening devices to said strip.

The back strip 8* of the part 8 of the complete securing device is wound into a roll 8 mounted under the left hand portion of the machine and between the stitching device parts thereof and the rollers 0" and d and, in the above described operation, the strip 8* is passed upwardly through an opening w in the base late a and around a guide roller Q02 and is fed through the guide a under the strip 8 and to and eneath the presser foot n of the stitching device and the line of stitches 8 passes through both the front and back parts .9 and s of the part 3 of the complete securing device, and after this operation another line of stitches s is formed which secures the front edges of the parts 8 and .9 together, and this operation is performed on an independent machine.

I have not shown the operation of passing the strip 8 through the machine'but it will be understood that this operation is exactly the same as that of passing the strip 0* through the machine, the only difference being in the application of the strip 8 to the back of the strip 8 as herein described.

The separate parts or members 1* and s of the complete securing device are preferably formed from ordinary tape of suitable .eye members are entirely covered or concealed at the back but are exposed at the front which condition results from the method ofv assing said hook and eve members throug the parts 1' and s and the position of the hook members on the part 8.

The rollers 0 and d operate as feed rollers and the roller (Z is composed of soft rubber or of similar elastic material while the roller 0 is composed of metal or other hard material and, in the constructionshown, the roller 0 is provided with a hub 0 on which the gear 0 is mounted, and the face of the roller 0 is provided with spaced recesses 0 to receive the hook and eye fastening devices when strips or tapes 1' and s are passed through the machine, as herein shown and described, this construction being necessarv in order to prevent injury to the hooks and in order to prevent the cutting of the strips or tapes after the hooks and eyes have been secured therein.

It will be understood, however, that the separate parts r and s of my improved securing or fastening device may be of any desired width and in the use thereof said parts are secured in the garment in the usual manner: and while I have shown and described the preferred form and construction of mv improved machine, my invention is not limited to the details of the various as herein shown and described, and various changes therein and modifications thereof may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificin its advantages.

aving fully described my invention,

messes Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine of the class described, a frame, means for supporting a fabric-strip roll in connection therewith, meansfor feeding said strip through the machine, means for slitting said strip .at intervals, means for inserting fastening devices into the slits thus formed, and means for stitching said strip longitudinally and for securing the fastening devices thereto.

2. In a machine of the class described, a frame, means for supporting a fabric strip roll in connection therewith, means for feed ing said strip through the machine step by step, means for forming slits in said strip at each movement thereof, means for inserting fastening devices into said slits, and means for stitching said strip longitudinally and securing the fastening devices thereto.

3. In a machine of the class described, a

frame, means for supporting a fabric strilp" for inserting fastening devices into said strip, means for folding said strip and means for stitching said strip longitudinally and securing the fastening devices thereto.

' 5. In a machine of the class described, a frame, means for supporting a fabric strip roll in connection therewith, means for feeding said strip through the machine, means for slitting said strip 'at intervals, means for inserting fastening devices into the slits formed in said strip, means for applyin a supplemental strip to the back thereo and means for stitching said strips longitujdinally to secure them together and to secure said fastening devices thereto.

, 6. In a machine of the class described, a

frame, means for supporting a fabric strip:

roll therein, a drum around which said strip is passed, means cooperating with said drum for slitting said strip at. intervals, means for inserting fastening devices into the slits formed in said strip, means for feeding said strip through the machine, and means for stitching said strip longitudinallyto secure the fastening devices thereto. 7

7. In a machine of the class described, means for feeding a strip throughthe machine, means for folding said strip, means for applying fastening devices in the fold of said strip, and means for stitching said strip longitudinally of the fold to secure the fastening devices thereto.

8. In a machine of the class described,

,means for feeding a strip through the machine, means for slitting said strip at intervals, means for inserting members into the slits thus formed, means for folding said. strip, and means for stitching said strip longitudinallv of the fold to secure said membersv thereto. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 21st day of June 1915.

. DAVIS MARINSKY,

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C. MULREANY, H. E. Tnomrson. 

